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Visite de terrain dans une palmeraie lors du lancement du projet OptiPalMex © DR

Science at work 16 March 2023

When oil palm plantations restore biodiversity

Successful cohabitation between a protected species (pygmy elephants) and oil palms in Sabah, Malaysia © A. Rival, CIRAD

Results & impact 9 February 2023

The oil palm sector in Borneo is banking on agroforestry

Régimes de palmier à huile ANJ, Indonésie. © Alain Rival, Cirad

Results & impact 23 April 2021

Oil palm and the circular economy: innovating for the sustainability of the sector

The general cooperation signed on 8 December by CIRAD and the Belgian development agency Enabel paves the way for collaboration between the two organizations on the ground in Africa, on agricultural, forest and agrifood issues. Photo © C. Bessou, CIRAD

Institutional news 10 December 2020

CIRAD joins forces with Enabel, the Belgian development agency

The ASEAN zone is home to the world's third largest tropical forest, after the Amazon and the Congo Basin. The challenge for this new CIRAD-AFD project is to support the agroecological transition of the main tropical plantation chains, to reduce their impact on biodiversity and help fight deforestation in the region © A. Rival, CIRAD

Institutional news 15 June 2020

AFD and CIRAD commit to develop sustainable management of large agricultural and forestry plantations in four ASEAN countries

After Amazonia and Africa, it is now Indonesia that is engulfed in flames. In Sumatra in particular, the culprit is the traditional practice of clearing agricultural land by burning © A. Rival, CIRAD

Science at work 3 October 2019

Recurring fires in Indonesia: how might we break the vicious circle?